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I've been helping my neighbors with road repairs all day, and then I read the news a few minutes ago.

Good Lord above, how I hate the Trump regime.

Time to go home, finish healing and get some things done around the house.

Have a great weekend everyone, and don't forget to be excellent to each other!!!

End of day pic: Danish countryside east of Lemvig. How I wish I was there...

Now that the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs unlawful, how are you planning to spend your government refund?

Personally, I'm running kinda low on Corn Nuts & sugarless peanut butter cups. 😋

SpaceX Aims to Launch 1 Million AI Data Center Satellites The satellites could ruin dark skies, pollute the atmosphere, and increase space debris — and the public has a limited time to comment.

Experts are concerned that the satellites could ruin dark skies, pollute the atmosphere, and worsen the space debris. The public has a limited time to comment.
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A city across the water

Good morning, Bluesky!

Some really nice weather here in the Seattle area right now.

Seattle, Washington across the Puget Sound from Manchester on Kitsap Peninsula

Trump calls for federal agencies to “IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology” after the company said they would not allow their AI to be used for autonomous killing or domestic surveillance.

Trump: "We want your tech, and we'll do whatever we want with it!!"

Anthropic: "You can't have it."

Trump: "TRAITORS!"

I think I'd be looking overseas for a new corporate HQ, if I were Anthropic, bidding the USA farewell.

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“White House Aide Accused of Running Racist Pro-Trump X Account

A staffer is accused of secretly running a meme page that defended a racist Obama video—while online sleuths say the account may also be posing as a Black supporter.”

🚩Garrett Wade

<puts on artist hat> Opinion: AI can't create; all it can do is regurgitate in infinite combinations.

Oh, the agony.... 🤣🤣🤣

Exclusive: Read the draft executive emergency order for Trump to take control of elections Lawyers and legal experts explicitly said that such an order is blatantly unconstitutional.

🚨BREAKING: Democracy Docket has obtained a draft of the executive order being circulated with the White House that would allow Trump to take unprecedented control over voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I was only able to eat sushi last night (easy on the teeth). Oh, the sacrifices one must make for health 🤣

Trump Media's stock price is falling even faster than his poll numbers Now the president wants to spin off his struggling social media platform.

Trump's company reported just $3.6 million in revenue for all of 2024.

For context, a well-run McDonald’s franchise averages a roughly similar level of revenue.

Exactly. It's going to take a lot more than a change of party at the presidency. The rot goes deep, and it won't be excised overnight.

Anthropic CEO says it 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands for AI use Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the artificial intelligence company “cannot in good conscience accede” to the Pentagon’s demands to allow wider use of its technology.

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Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight But he still wants a Pentagon deal.

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Liver's cheap because there's low demand for it. If everyone started eating it, it would become expensive. And even if everyone loved it, it's only recommended that you eat it once a week, or you risk vitamin A toxicity. Would be nice if the secretary of HEALTH knew that!

New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.

In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

NASA Cancels Moon Landing Mission NASA has announced major changes to its Artemis program, revising its first planned landing attempt to take place in low-Earth orbit.

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'Only 70': Who is paying the $100,000 fee for hiring H-1B workers? Trump administration informs court - The Times of India US News: In an ongoing lawsuit over the $100,000 fee for hiring skilled workers from foreign countries, as imposed by the Donald Trump administration, the admi.

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Amanda Sloat, former Biden adviser: ‘The distrust between Europe and the United States will last a generation’ The political scientist, who worked in national security and diplomacy for two Democratic presidents, encourages Europeans to stand up to Trump’s authoritarianism

At least a generation, if not longer.

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‘Hicks with very little taste’: Why Silicon Valley and the far right are so determined to build colossal monuments The drive to erect enormous structures that reject modernity has united technology investors and the White House

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FedEx sues US government for tariff refund The delivery services giant is the first major company to claim reimbursement following the Supreme Court’s decision that the import duties are unlawful

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A 15-year-old teenager, missing since 1986, officially recognized as a victim of the Pinochet dictatorship Luis Alberto Pino Soto, a high school student in Arica, in northern Chile, disappeared 40 years ago, on the eve of a national protest against the regime

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Colombian lawmaker denounces migrant detention conditions in the US: ‘We’re dealing with a humanitarian crisis’ After visiting an Alabama center, Carmen Felisa Ramírez Boscán, a representative of Colombians abroad, asked President Petro to expedite proceedings to bring ailing detainees back home: ‘They prefer t...

We, as a country, will have to answer for this cruelty.

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UBS downgrades the U.S. stock market. Here's what has the investment bank worried UBS downgraded U.S. equities to "benchmark" in a fully invested global equity portfolio, saying factors that powered years of outperformance are starting to fade.

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Tony Gonzales Says He Won't Resign Due To Alleged Affair With Aide Who Later Committed Suicide: 'What You've Seen Are Not All The Facts' Rep. Tony Gonzales said on Tuesday he won't resign as a result of the alleged affair with an aide who later committed suicide.

There is no crime you can commit, nor any scandal you are part of, that will cause you to be booted from the GOP. The only thing that might make that happen is if you criticize Dear Leader.

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U.S. Eyes 'Favorable Licensing Policy' to Make Cuba More Reliant on American Fuel: Report The Trump administration is moving to ease fuel shipments to Cuba's private sector as part of a broader strategy to make the island more dependent on U.S. supplies, according to a new report.

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Canada’s PM Carney in India to reset ties and bolster trade India's foreign ministry says the visit marks a "significant step" in strengthening ties.

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